EA Studios executive vice president Patrick Soderlund expects the PS4 and Xbox One console cycle to last for five to six years.
Soderlund, who's responsible for EA's console and PC games development, told MCV that the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation "may have gone on a little bit longer than I would have wanted.
"At the same time, you have seen games like The Last of Us and GTA V at the end of a cycle which perhaps you would not have expected a few years ago," he added. "But a five, six year gap is what I expect going forward."
ZoomXbox 360 launched eight years ago this month and PS3 seven years ago. On Thursday, PlayStation UK boss Fergal Gara also suggested that the PS4 lifecycle might be shorter than that of the PS3 in certain markets.
"I think there's reason to believe that the next cycle might be shorter in markets such as the UK," he said. "It's probably a sign of the times and how much has changed in seven years, but I think the willingness and the appetite to pick up new technology fast has probably changed quite a bit."
In a separate MCV interview, Xbox vice president Phil Harrison dismissed suggestions that the Xbox 360 era was too long.
"Eight years is actually the right time," he said. "Xbox 360 continues to grow, over 80 million units and counting. And the underlying silicon chip design innovations that allow Xbox One to be what it is, didn't reach the performance level and price point that we needed until right now. So if we had come out three years ago with a new console, it would not be to the same degree of performance or price that we have now."
